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jan, 27, 1925.

. WILLIAMS v GAME Filed July 20, 1921 l Snom/woz 'A50/WP@ /1 WMM/75 am .N am@ vtion of the game board.

Patented Jan. 27, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD I-IYIiES WILLIAMS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GAME.

Application ined July 2o, 1921. serial N6. 486,243.

To all whom. t may concern.'

Be it known that I, LEONARD H. WiL- LIAMs, a citizen of the United States, and resident of borough of Brooklyn, county of Queens, State of New York, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improve-A ments in Games.

The object of this inventionis lto provide a game or game board and devices operable therewith and for amusement, and while this game board is similar in some respects to' others, that have been produced, it has certain differences and advantages such as indicating means, lmeans for making the boards more difficult of operation, calling partly in sec.-

Fig. 2 an end elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 a plan view.

Fig. 4 a View elevation of a part removed:

Fig. 5 an enlarged sectional view of al part removed.

Fig. 6 is a fractional view of a modification.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

This game or. game board consists of a platform 10 which may be rof any .dimension but which should be oblong and surrounding the platform is a rail or barrier arranged upon the sides and ends of the platform as shown at 11, 12, 13, 14. The platform is provided with 'a plurality of perforations 15,v and indicating marks are arranged adjacent to each perforation as shown at"16. Between .the perforations and arranged as desired are a plurality of barriers 17, 18, etc., which tend to @protect the perforations and to make the admission thereto somewhat more diflicult.

Upon the platform I also providevaline 19, which I have marked as a foul line and behind which all play must be made, -and secured to the platform and at one partly in section end thereof is a cabinet 20,v vthe front of which is closed by means of a glass 21. l/Vithin the vcabinet 20 ai'e a plurality of pockets 22 each supporting a plate 23 bearing a numeral or other designating mark and the numerals or niarksupon the platesy 23 correspond or coincide with the indicating marks upon the platform and adjacent to each perforation 15. Behindfeach plate 23 I arrange a lamp or illuminating means 24 each lamp electric ly connected so as to be operated indepen ently.

Within each perforation 15' is a plug 25 centrally disposed therein and adapted to be moved downward by the admission of an object into the perforation 15. The object employed is a ball as shown at 26 in Figure 5 and the. edges of the perforation 15 .may be counteisunk as shown at 27 to produce a socket for the reception of the ball 26. Each plug 25 is supported upon the spring 28, one spring being provided for each plug and upon the spring I produce also a contact point 29 which is adapted to be moved into contact with a point 30 upon an adjustable screw 31. The adjustable. screw 31 is supported-in a U- shaped bracket 40, which is in turn secured -fto the under-side of the board 10 and in such position as to bridge over or span the perforationl15;

Awiref32from a source of electrical supply maybeconnected to all of the springs 28 and 'away from each screw 31 should extend a lamp 24a-ina cabinet 20. The other wire from a source of supply should be connected to the ,other side of each of the lamps 24' and -when a ball entering one of the perforations 15 depresses the plug 25 and causes the contacts 29 and 30 to meet, the circuit will be closed through a lamp 24: and the lamp will be illuminated disclosing Vthe figure carried by the plate 23 immediately in front of the lamp. If a lurality of balls are caused to enter perorations 15 the plurality of lamps will-be illuminated and they result will show the double value of the perforationsor sockets that have been lled with balls'.

The glass 21 maybe ground glass so that the figures upon the plates 23 do not become visible until they are illuminated by their respective lamps. The figures 16 may be of any nature and it is not necessary` that the numeral be here employed but obviously figwith the figures adjacent to the perforations 15.

The indicator 20 may be arranged at the layers end of the platform and the platorm may be arranged in duplicate for competitive play such(I as indicated in Figure 6 where two platforms are shown at 34 and 35 and two indicators 36 and 37 are supported upon a single standard 38. This arrangementallows a ready comparison of the scores of the players, but as here shown only V live lamps are employed, the idea being limited to the number of balls and the number of erforations that will show indications. his arrangement of the game would obviously demand greater skill,

If desired I may round out the corners or the sharp angles of the board by means of blocks shown at 39 and modifications may be made Within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the principle or sacrificing theadvantages of the invention.

Having described my vinvention what I claim is: i

' 1. A game board having a plurality of perorations, a member adapted to be moved over said game board and into any of said perforations, barriers adjacent to said perforations and means Within each of said perforations for indicating the occupancy thereof, said means com rising a resiliently supported contact mem r and an Vadjustable contact member in the path of movement of the first said contact member and means for supporting said adjustable member, comprising a U-shaped bridging member, spanning the perforation.

2. A game board having a plurality of perforations, a member adapted to be moved over said game board and into any of said LEONARD HYLES WILLIAMS. 

